One of the biggest challenges in responsive web design is getting your menus to function. If you’ve ever had to mess with it, you know what I’m talking about. You can use media queries to define CSS that applies when the screen…
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If you are a web designer or developer, you know that every element of a website has its own place and purpose. Most of us design our website from top to bottom, focusing on the header, the sidebar, and the main content.…
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Interface design has become a hot topic lately. It comes as no surprise considering it’s a vital part of how we interact with software or equipment. Imagining intuitive, futuristic interfaces can be a challenge; the only limit is your own creativity. Futuristic…
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In this excerpt from SitePoint’s latest book, The Web Designer’s Roadmap, author Giovanni DiFeterici explores balancing form and function as part of the web design process. Over to you Giovanni … ” … Until now, we’ve focused mainly on ideas for how…
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This may come as a surprise coming from a designer, but I am done with mobile websites. It’s time we get away from creating two entirely separate designs — one for desktop browsers and one for mobile sites. If we really want a web…
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Landing pages are carefully-designed destinations for visitors who click on advertisements, promotions, or product listings. Effective landing pages have been refined and polished through dozens of iterations. Less persuasive landing pages are designed solely on hunches and opinions instead of rigorous testing.…
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Requests for “mobile-friendly” websites are becoming more and more common from customers of all kinds, from individual clients to large established companies. With millions of smartphones and tablets being sold every year, mobile design has gradually gone from a “nice to have”…
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One of the most celebrated elements of the new HTML5 specification is the ability to natively handle video playback. A simple <video> tag is “all that is needed” to get instant video support on many modern browsers — or is it? Not all browser…
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Multivariate testing is a data-driven approach to online marketing design and execution. Where we once had to rely on speculation in terms of what works, multivariate testing allows you to rely on data generated by site visitors in improving your campaigns. You…
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Whatever your motivation — the client told you to do it, you’re tired of white or light backgrounds, or your deep-seated anger over your own father cutting your hand off (just don’t be a hater!) — designing dark websites can be a serious challenge. Careful use…
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